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Using the Project Tab

The Project tab provides the project spreadsheet and other features useful for entering or editing item and object metadata after the items have been added to the project or found in the collection and added to the project for editing.

The Project tab displays after you have created or imported a shared project. The tab label displays the project name. If there are no items in the project, the spreadsheet is empty. The left task bar displays the collection name and project name, and provides quick access to common tasks.

After items have been added to the project, each item record appears as a row in the spreadsheet. You can enter data directly into the cells.

To add or edit an image right, select a row and from the More Actions menu, click Add/Edit Image Rights. For more information, see About Image Rights.

To open the item in a new, item editing tab, double-click the thumbnail image at the beginning of a row in the project spreadsheet. The item editing view is especially useful for entering data for compound objects.

Spaces, tabs, carriage returns, and HTML are not generally recognized by the CONTENTdm Server and should not be used in your metadata with two exceptions:

The HTML tag may be used in all metadata fields.

Note: If you are editing metadata for an item that already has been added to the collection, the tag may display in the Project Client as “”. You do not need to edit this, and the HTML tag will function properly when the item is uploaded back to the collection and viewed by end users.

Carriage returns can be used only in full text search fields to aid in formatting when page text and page image are displayed side by side.

Keyboard Controls

Keyboard shortcuts within the project spreadsheet make it easier to enter metadata and perform common operations without using a mouse.

Press Tab to close the current active cell and move one cell to the right.

Press Shift + Tab to close the current active cell and move one cell to the left.

Press Enter to close the current active cell and move down one row.

Press Ctrl + c to copy text from an outlined cell.

Press Ctrl + v to insert copied text into an outlined cell.

Press Ctrl + x to cut text from an outlined cell.

Press Ctrl + arrow key to move to the farthest cell in that direction.

Press Ctrl + Enter to insert a carriage return in the text in an active cell. This formatting is displayed only when used in a full text search field and the page text and page image are viewed side by side in the Web interface.

When you are done entering metadata in the project spreadsheet, you may be ready to upload items to a collection.